i submit it has been the efforts and success of Occupy that has made this come to pass. I think further we will see progressives supporting the most extremist Tea Party candidates in repub primaries in order to get the most akin/mourdock like wacko to run against. It's very entertaining to watch.

i won't argue with that. The truth is the "repelicans" are in the midst of overreaching in their move to the right. It is inevitable. It has been suggested Dems went too far left in the 70's and are only now beginning the recovery from their lurch right.

I suppose my exaggeration of Occupies affect on repub failures is mostly wishful thinking. Whatever, it's still fun to watch.

Breezy point isn't far from me. I did help staten island with Occupy Sandy but I think you might wanna specify that it was repelican congresspeople (who hate ny & the northeast in general) who fucked around with our relief.

And I submit all ny politicians (D&R) vote for wallst interests. Just as oil state (tx, alaska, Louisiana) politicians vote for fossil fuel interests. This is the dilema and corruption we must eliminate.

All states want and need revenue so they can provide services for their citizens and businesses to create maximum happiness and prosperity. Greed and cruelty can throw giant monkey wrenches in states' works, and solicit concern from humanitarian politicians, like JFK: "He was appalled by the pitiful conditions he saw (in West Virginia), by the children of poverty, by the families living on surplus lard and corn meal, by the waste of human resources…" despite great wealth in natural resources, and re-instituted the food stamp program; and LBJ's War on Poverty. The Dem Congress then legislated to make the Food Stamp program permanent, in contrast to the Con Congress who attempt to legislate to make the Bush tax cuts for the Rich permanent. Weird.

This should please all Occupiers because it is our constant efforts of pushing the national dialog towards progressive principles that has hurt the opposite extremist tea party most of all.

The enemy is devouring itself! eating their young! We are winning.

It will take years of hard work to force change, but defeating the opposing extremist ideology had to be done first. Even that task has only just begun. but this is a great sign of progress on marginalizing the opposing extremists.

Not really. I think the tea party showed themselves for what they are. I think they offered the opposite extreme of what Occupy offers. And I think the country is slowly being moved towards occupies progressive principles. We should see this as confirmation that our support is growing. Do you agree? Are you pleased?

I believe SS, Medicare are not in trouble, must be expanded, and the guarantee should never be eliminated (except for the wealthy)

I do not think the economic problem is too much spending. It is too little revenue (cause of wealthy taxcuts) Raise taxes on the 1%, cut def budget, cut corp welfare, get economic demand up by helping the working class and the deficit/debt goes away.

I've engaged with many TP people and they all seem like angry, uneducated, selfish, hateful people. The opposite of OWS supporters.

What do you think of Occupies position on SS, Medicare, big corps, taxes.?

I agree that it would make more sense to simply tax the multinationals like they should be, and cut the defense, and we would be fine.

But they wont do that. They refuse to do that. So in effect, they are spending us into oblivion.

I campaigned for candidate who wanted medicare for all, so that my belief on that. If people want SS, they should be able to get it. However, they are currently using that tax money for many many other things, and Im not into giving this body my money to invest for me. No thanks.

I would prefer a simple tax code, no loopholes whatsoever to hide in. I think that would take care of a lot.

As far as big corps, Im a mass decentralization guy. I want to shop at the local hardware store, not HomeDepot. I want to shop at the local electronics store, not BestBuy. I want to have my elected leaders living near me, not hiding in DC. I want the technology we have today, with the accountability and justice of the past.